Kinderen met obesitas en afbuigende lengtegroeicurve: Ziekte van Cushing?

Translated title of the contribution: Children with obesity and declining linear growth curve: Cushings disease?

Esther M. Van Wezel, Hanneke M. Van Santen, Wouter R. Van Furth, Liesbeth Reneman, Peter H. Bisschop, A. S. Paul Van Trotsenburg

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Abstract

We describe two children who presented with extreme weight gain and failure to grow in height, and who were both diagnosed with Cushing's disease. Following preoperative metyrapone treatment, both children successfully underwent curative transsphenoidal surgery. While obesity is a common and increasing problem in childhood, Cushing's disease is rare. The combination of weight gain and growth failure in a child is an alarming sign in which underlying endocrine disease must be ruled out.

Translated title of the contributionChildren with obesity and declining linear growth curve: Cushings disease?
Original languageDutch
Article numberA4677
JournalNederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
Volume157
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2013
Externally publishedYes

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